DITISIOX OF HORTICULTLBE 939 



SESSIONAL PAPER No. 16 



Quinces. — The following varieties were added to the quince plantation during the 

 year: Champion, Comina, Orange and De Portugal. The growth made during the 

 season of 1915 by the French varieties of quinces that were planted during the spring 

 of 1914 was remarkable. One variety, the De Bourgeaut, made a growth of 66 inches. 

 All varieties with but one exception made a growth of 30 inches or more. 



Apples. — This plantation was established in 1914 with 27 varieties of Standard 

 apples and 3 varieties of crabs. The majority of the red fruit varieties made satisfac- 

 tory and strong growth. The following varieties proved the most vigorous and resisted 

 disease and insect injury: Delicious, Gravenstein, Grimes Golden, King David, Iving 

 of Tompkins County, Lowland Raspberry, Monsieur Gladstone, Mcintosh Red, Rome 

 Beauty, Sweet Bough, Trenton, Transcendent, Wagener, and Winter Banana. 



The following did not make as satisfactory progress: Cox Orange Pippin, Duchess 

 of Oldenburg, Jonathan, Melba, Red Astrachan, Wealthy, and Yellow Transparent. 



All varieties of crab-apples made excellent growth. The following additions were 

 made to the apple orchard during 1915 : Alexander, Blenheim Orange, Peasgood Non- 

 such, Ribston Pippin and Spitzenberg. 



Apricots. — This plantation was established in 1914 with 14 standard American 

 and French varieties. The following additions were made during 1915 : De Boulbon, 

 Moori^ark and Royal. 



The growth of all apricot varieties was strong, the majority of the varieties making 

 from 3G inches to 60 inches of growth. One French variety, the Magyar Legjob, made 

 a growth of 12 inches. 



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Almonds. — The following varieties of almonds were secured from California and 

 from France, and planted during tlife year : Hardshell, I.X.L., Jordan, King, Languedoc, 

 Lewellyn, Ne Plus Ultra, Nonpareil, Paper Shell, Texas Prolific. All varieties did 

 well and made a season's growth varying from 18 to 48 inches. 



Experimental Nut Orchard. — The beginning of an experimental nut orchard was 

 made in the planting of the following varieties of nut trees. 



Grafted Walnuts: Juglans a Coque tendre. Fertile, Bijou a gros Fruit, Ordinaire, 

 Mayette Rouge, Franquette on California Black, Franquette Vroomans, Mayette, De 

 la St. Jean. 



Grafted Chestnuts: Castanea vulgaris, Coubale, de Lyon, Ridgely, Rochester, 



Spanish. 



Grafted Pecans: Pabst, Stuart, Van Deman. 

 Seedling Pecans: Mission, Illinois. 

 Hickory: Shellbark, Missouri Mammoth. 



Filberts, Corylus macrocarpa: Fertile de Ooutard, d'Angleterre, de Provence, 

 Merveille de Bollwiller, Nottingham, Fertile, Emperor, A feuille pourpre, A feuille 

 lacinae, Pellicule rouge, Gosford, Prolific, du Beam, Commun, Calyculata, Avellana, 

 Colurna, Macrocarpa, English Filbert,, du Chilly, Red Hazel, Barcelona, Kentish Cob, 

 Purple Californian, Purple Spanish. 



The Citrus Plantation. — The oranges, grape fruit and Limequat all made good 

 growth during the summer. Three varieties of Satsuma oranges — Natsu-mikan, 

 Unshiu and the Media Acida — blossomed, set and developed fruit which did not ripen, 

 owing to unusual weather conditions during January. The following varieties were 

 planted during 1915: Savage Seedling, Norton, Saunders Seedling, Cunningham, 

 Colemans, Ru^k Seedling, Sampson Tangelo, Limequat, Willets Seedling, Natsu- 

 mikan, Media Acida. 



All varieties suffered from the unusual weather; the tri-foliate varieties will make 

 quick recovery as they were less injured than the other types. 



SmNEY. 



